Section 560.390  Failure to File Registration Statements and Expenditure Reports

Failure to file a statement or report within the time designated, or the reporting of incomplete information, may constitute a violation of this Part.   Within ten (10) days after a filing deadline, the Secretary of State Index Department shall notify by certified mail the authorized agent for any registered entity that is deemed required to file, but has failed to do so. (Section 7 of the Act)

a)         A registered entity that is required to file a registration statement or expenditure report, and who has not filed by the deadlines prescribed in this Part, is subject to the following late filing fees:

1)         Filings received within fifteen (15) days after a filing deadline shall be accompanied by a $50 late filing fee;

2)         A registered entity that fails to file within 15 days shall be subject to a penalty of $100 which shall be in addition to the $50 late filing fee specified  above;

3)         A registered entity that registers within 30 days after a deadline for filing expenditure reports may file such report within 30 days after the deadline without a late filing fee or penalty.  Such entity is subject to the fee schedule above for filing statements and reports later than the 30 day extension.

b)         For good cause shown, the Director of the Index Department may extend the time for compliance for an additional thirty (30) days after the date of the filing deadline.  No further extensions of time shall be given.  Examples of such extenuating circumstances include, but are not limited to the following:

1)         inadvertent data erasure or computer malfunction;

2)         hospitalization of the authorized agent;

3)         loss of original receipts resulting from fire, flood, or other act of nature.  Lobbyists must provide replacement expenditure information to the authorized agent for compilation of the entity's report.

c)         A registered entity will be liable for the late filing fee and penalty if it does not receive notifications from the Secretary of State's Office due to the entity's failure to inform the Index Department of a change of address or authorized agent.

d)         Copies of all records shall be maintained by the Index Department for inspection by the Attorney General or appropriate State's Attorney in the course of his or her activities under Section 11 of the Act.

(Source:  Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 405, effective January 1, 1997)